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Here's What Missy Elliott Is Actually Saying In 'Work It'

Missy Elliott's global club banger "Work It" has been around since 2002, but some fans are barely finding out what the femcee is actually saying after the memorable line: "I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it."

The lyrics that follow sound like gibberish, or what BuzzFeed can only describe as: "ityerpripenipetzwaaahhnyeeeeehhh." Thanks to a quick lyric search, people on Twitter are now realizing that the raptress is literally reversing the lyric to: "Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup I."

Last year around this time, the Internet had a revelation on Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule's 2001 collaboration "I'm Real (Remix)."

A lot of people thought Jenny From the Block was singing "are you Ellie" or poorly enunciating "are you ready," but the singer was really spelling out Ja Rule's name (R-U-L-E), in response to his question in the intro.